ELI Manning and some Giants teammates getting a standing ovation as they entered Nobu, but missing owner Richie Notar, who was on a flight to Australia with Michelle Williams and baby Matilda . . . RUDY Giuliani escorting John McCain, his wife, Cindy, Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, and Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida, into Fresco, where the regulars whipped out their cellphones to take pictures . . . JAMES Gandolfini at Elaine’s with Martin Tankleff, who was recently released after serving 19 years on a mistaken conviction for murdering his parents . . . MATTHEW McConaughey and his pregnant girlfriend, Camila Alves, at the Waverly Inn with Dave Zinczenko, who put him on the cover of Men’s Health, surrounded by Brooke Shields, Christian Slater, Rosie Perez and Toni Morrison with Fran Lebowitz . . . TWO dozen wounded soldiers from Iraq, on leave from the Walter Reed military hospital in DC, at the Hustler Club, showing their appreciation to the saintly strippers by branding them with Marine Corps stickers on their breasts and derriéres . . . RAFFAELLO Follieri lunching at the Dorchester Hotel in London with the Sultan of Brunei.